Special Issue on the State of Emergency in Myanmar

Jonathan Chow is assistant professor of political science at Wheaton College, Massachusetts. Leif-Eric Easley is associate professor of International Studies at Ewha University in Seoul.

Malaysian Insight, 5 February 2021

9. ‘We have no one on our side’: from Thailand to Singapore, Myanmar nationals react to coup with shock and sadness

South China Morning Post, 5 February 2021

10. Myanmar coup: Asean sitting on the fence shouldn’t be an option

Maria Siow

South China Morning Post, 5 February 2021

11. UN Security Council calls for release of Aung San Suu Kyi, voices concern for Myanmar

Straits Times, 5 February 2021

12. Coup a further complication for tricky Myanmar-China ties

Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 4 February 2021

13. China the geopolitical winner of Myanmar’s coup

BERTIL LINTNER

Asia Times, 4 February 2021

14. Myanmar coup: How Facebook became the 'digital tea shop'

Saira Asher

BBC, 4 February 2021

15. Myanmar Deals a Wider Blow to Southeast Asian Democracy

Clara Ferreira Marques

Bloomberg, 4 February 2021

16. Myanmar’s Coup Emblematic of Regional Democracy Failures

Council on Foreign Relations, 4 February 2021

17. Myanmar Coup Highlights the Country’s Center-Periphery Divide

Diplomat, 4 February 2021

18. The New Military Government in Myanmar Could Well Be Short-Lived

Brian Wong

Diplomat, 4 February 2021

19. Myanmar exposes ASEAN’s cheap talk on democracy

Mathew Davies, ANU

East Asia Forum, 4 February 2021

20. NLD party issues a statement on lawless behavior towards NLD offices in States and Regions

Eleven Myanmar, 4 February 2021

21. SAC adds five more additional members and appoints four ministers

Eleven Myanmar, 4 February 2021

22. What America Should—and Shouldn’t—Do About Myanmar’s Coup

Foreign Policy, 4 February 2021

23. Myanmar Social Media Users Slam China, Russia for Blocking UN Move to Condemn Coup

Irrawaddy, 4 February 2021

24. Foreign investments in Myanmar under threat

Chan Mya Htwe & Aung Loon

Myanmar Times, 4 February 2021

25. In Myanmar, a Cult of Personality Meets Its Downfall

New York Times, 4 February 2021

26. Asia’s #MilkTeaAlliance has a new target brewing – the generals behind the Myanmar coup

South China Morning Post, 4 February 2021

27. Myanmar coup: do India and Japan have the will or the leverage to exert pressure on the military regime?

South China Morning Post, 4 February 2021

28. China says Myanmar needs sound external environment to solve its differences

Star, 4 February 2021

29. Essential Geopolitics: Why the World is Watching Myanmar

Stratfor Worldview, 4 February 2021

30. Myanmar Diplomat in US Seeks Asylum After Military Coup

VOA, 4 February 2021

31. Myanmar’s Struggle for Democracy Was Never Just About Aung San Suu Kyi

Frida Ghitis

World Politics Review, 4 February 2021

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